WBUR
"Bad news for those comforted by laws that restrict cell phone use while driving: it’s not the technology causing the problems, it’s the aggressive, bad drivers, a new report from MIT suggests."
In the Media
The Washington Post
"After all, if we need to raise revenue, why not just tax global-warming pollution?"
The New York Times
"There is clearly a good deal of variation in the inherent predictability of tropical cyclone track from one case to another."-MIT's Kerry Emanuel
Financial Times
"The electronic glitch that cost Knight Capital Group $440m points to a new threat to our digital economy: technological risk."
The Huffington Post
"Two economic myths drive support for the ethanol mandate."
Financial Times
"I can’t even imagine life without writing, so inextricably is it a part of my life, almost like breathing, or eating, or any of the things you need to keep alive. I think it is the impulse to find some kind of design or order in the chaos of life, over which one has so little control." -MIT's Anita Desai
The New York Times
"The biggest gains for American manufacturing will come not from replacing humans, but from using robots to help people do their best work." -MIT's Julie Shah
WBUR
"Despite the ongoing national political dissension over climate change, Boston and Cambridge, among other cities around the world, are searching for ways to cope with its effects."
Scientific American
"Researchers have developed a new pathway to get one of the tiniest forms of life to make fuel."
Popular Science
"Molybdenum disulfide works in ways single-atom-thick graphene won't, opening the door to a range of new electronics applications."
U.S. News & World Report
"Although more than 120 universities worldwide have expressed interest in collaborating with the service, edX will begin offering courses from three universities in fall 2012; the University of California—Berkeley being the third."
The Wall Street Journal
"A social media entrepreneur, a Navy pilot with the nickname 'Flea' and a cardiologist walk into a bar."
The Economist
"They have developed a material that mimics the characteristics of natural vocal cords and could thus help restore distorted voices."
The Huffington Post
"Most of us don't have the opportunity to attend conferences around the globe and witness the TEDTalks first hand. Thankfully, the organization uploads its presentations online, where users can stream them for free."
Science
"You can take the driver away from the cell phone, but you can't take the risky behavior away from the driver."